KARATE CANADA ANNOUNCES SELECTION FOR THE 2022 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 13, 2022 – Karate Canada is proud to announce the delegation for the 2022 Junior World Championships to be held in Konya, Turkey from October 26-30.
The team of 34 athletes aged 14 to 20 will compete against the best karatekas in the world in 32 categories, in kata and kumite divisions. Only one person or team per country is authorized to participate per category.
The team selection was concluded following the National Championships held July 1-3, 2022, in St. John’s, Newfoundland and the Pan Am Championships held August 25-27 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Team:
| KATA | INDIVIDUAL | ||||
| CADET | F | Arias-Nunez | Eva-Carina | ||
| M | Gruitia | Matthew | |||
| JUNIOR | F | Gamboa | Oonah | ||
| M | Nese | Kristian | |||
| U21 | F | Morin | Léa | ||
| M | McNeil | Yuki | |||
| TEAM/ÉQUIPE | |||||
| CADET/JUNIOR | M | Carrière | Nathan | ||
| Simard | Xavier | ||||
| Béland | François-Xavier | ||||
| KUMITE | CADET | F | -47kg | Lam | Samantha |
| -54kg | Movaffagh | Donya | |||
| +54kg | Palmer | Quincey | |||
| M | -52kg | Berry | Indigo | ||
| -57kg | Li | Tyler | |||
| -63kg | Hosseinirad | Emmanuel | |||
| -70kg | Talhi | Younesse | |||
| +70kg | Almishri | Omar | |||
| JUNIOR | F | -48kg | Szeto | Keira | |
| -53kg | Ouyahia | Maria | |||
| -59kg | Monfiston | Mélody | |||
| M | -55kg | Tanahara | Skyler | ||
| -61kg | Alkurdi | Gassan | |||
| -68kg | Galaman | Daniel | |||
| -76kg | Pandher | Arpeit | |||
| +76kg | Ihaza | David | |||
| U21 | F | -50kg | Lahyanssa | Yamina | |
| -55kg | Rochette | Mégan | |||
| -61kg | Khela | Sahib | |||
| -68kg | Maclean | Julia | |||
| +68kg | Diaz | Valeria | |||
| M | -60kg | Zinger | Shon | ||
| -67kg | Shisseh | Reda | |||
| -75kg | Pandher | Aimann | |||
| -84kg | Small | Ethan | |||
About Karate Canada
Karate Canada is a not-for-profit corporation with the objective of describing and incorporating all activities related to the promotion, organization, regulation and popularization of the sport of karate all over Canada, of protecting the physical and emotional health of athletes, and of promoting the interests of karate throughout Canada.
Karate Canada and its 11 Provincial and Territorial Associations members normally assemble roughly 16,000 participants nationwide. Furthermore, Karate Canada is a proud member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, the World Karate Federation and the Pan American Karate Federation. See more at www.karatecanada.org.
